Cutting For Stone
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Marion and Shiva Stone, born in a mission hospital in Ethiopia in the 1950s, are twin sons of an illicit union between an Indian nun and British doctor. Bound by birth but with widely different temperaments they grow up together, in a country of a brink of revolution, until a betrayal splits them apart. But fate has not finished with them-they will be brought together once more, in the sterile surroundings of a hospital theatre.
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From the 1940s to the present, from a convent in India to a cargo ship bound for the Yemen, from a tiny operating theatre in Ethiopia to a hospital in the Bronx, this is both a richly visceral epic and a riveting family history.
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Kadang bila aku nak beli buku novel, selalu looking for established author. Bila baca cerita lingering tentang benda yang sama. Cuma scene dan plot cerita di garap secara berlainan. Masa aku beli buku ni di The Bourders di The Curve, Damansara, aku belek belek buku ni. Bila baca sinopsis cerita macam best saja. Aku terus capai dan bayar di kaunter. Padahal writer ni tak aku kenal langsung. He is Indian.
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Alhamdulillah hari ni aku dah habis baca setelah dua minggu bertungkus lumus. Memang best cerita ni and lain dari yang lain. Sesiapa yang belum baca cubalah baca buku ni. Tapi jangan kurus semangat sebab buku ni tebal sampai 550 muka surat dan tulisan pula kecil. Walau bagaimana pun aku dapat banyak vocab kat sini especially medical vocab yang memeningkan kepada aku nak menghafal. Rasa macam nak jadi doktor pulak...hehehehe.